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Re: Vista Kernel Exposed Via Flaws in ATI Drivers - Fix Far From Easy

On 2007-08-12, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> ____/ AB on Sunday 12 August 2007 15:57 : \____
>
>> On 2007-08-12, flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>
>>>
>>> "An unpatched flaw in drivers from ATI creates a means to smuggle malware
>>> past improved security defences in the latest version of Windows and into
>>> the Vista kernel."
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/10/ati_driver_snafu/
>> 
>> Vista has "improved security defences" added on? What happened, did the
>> price of tissue papaer drop or something?
>
> See, that's the problem. Security should not be added /on/? Security comes from
> the bottom of the stack.

That's one factor. Another one is, don't use the same bunch of dolts
that didn't know how to do it right the first time to go back and give
it another go. They /already/ proved to be incompetent. Hire some
smarter monkeys and give them a shot.

-- 
Medical science *still* cannot cure stupidity.

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